Good Initiative

It was such a pity that I did not have my camera at hand.

While we were having our usual playtime in the room, I gave Jayna a purple plastic wrapper to play with. After delighting over the crisp sounds it makes in her hands, she suddenly pointed to the door to indicate that she wanted it opened. Curious at what she could possibly want, I opened the door for her and watched in amusement as she butt-scooted on three limbs to the kitchen with the wrapper still tightly clenched in her right fist.

She stopped half-way, turned to me and kept pointing to the dustbin. Startled by what I realized she wanted to do, I explained to her that she could only throw the wrapper into the dustbin if she were walking cos she would not be able to reach it if she were sitting down.

To my further surprise, she said, "Walk". So I went over to hold her left hand, help her up and walk hand-in-hand towards the dustbin. I stepped on the lever to open the lid and she accurately threw the wrapper into the bin without a hitch. She then beamed at me with satisfaction as I praised her for her ingenuity.

She must have seen her brother help us throw trash so many times that she decided she will take the initiative to throw it for us too. How she even knew that the wrapper was trash in the first place is something that totally eludes me.